Thomas Gold
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Thomas Gold was an Austrian-born astrophysicist and cosmologist known for his work on the steady-state theory of the universe, pulsars, and the nature of the interstellar medium.
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| Thomas Gold canonical | 1 |
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academic
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astrophysicist ⓘ cosmologist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Dirac Medal of the Institute of Physics
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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Thomas Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austria
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Fred Hoyle
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Hermann Bondi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Bondi–Gold–Hoyle steady-state cosmological model NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1920-05-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-06-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer |
Cornell University
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Harvard University ⓘ Royal Greenwich Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ cosmology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ planetary science ⓘ |
| influenced | development of pulsar astrophysics ⓘ |
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abiogenic petroleum hypothesis
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hypothesis that pulsars are rotating neutron stars ⓘ research on the interstellar medium ⓘ steady-state theory of the universe ⓘ theory of a deep hot biosphere ⓘ work on pulsars ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Deep Hot Biosphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ithaca, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Ithaca, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Cornell Center for Radiophysics and Space Research
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professor of astronomy at Cornell University ⓘ |
| proposed |
abiogenic origin of hydrocarbons in the Earth
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deep hot biosphere theory ⓘ rotating neutron star model for pulsars ⓘ |
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